Black woman denied job & told it's because her name is ghetto...company claims they were hacked.

[8WON6]

St. Louis area woman says she was denied job because of 'ghetto' name

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV.com) -

A St. Louis area woman’s Facebook post is going viral after she was denied a job with a local company because of her “ghetto” name.

Hermeisha Robinson posted to her page Monday that she applied for a customer service representative position with Mantality Health in Chesterfield. Robinson was hurt when she received an email back from the company saying, “unfortunately we do not consider candidates that have suggestive ghetto names.”




News 4 spoke with Jack Gamache from Mantality Health who said their system was not hacked but their Indeed, a job posting website, account was hacked.

Mantality Health CEO Kevin Meuret says they think about 20 people got emails similar to Robinson's.

"This is not a reflection of who we are as a company," said Meuret. "This is deplorable."

Meuret says the person that appears to have sent the email does work for the company but, "has nothing to do with hiring and is a great employee."

 

[96Blue]

This isn't new, I remember I had a business class in high school and we watched a documentary/video on things like this happening.

 

[The5thLetter]

these cacs r sumn else boy

 

[King Poetic]

what color and what was the name of the other 20 people??

 

[Heafcliffe]

Cacs

 

[Black Cher]

So is she gonna get a lawyer or...?
I don’t see how they can prove they were “hacked” so looks like a pretty easy discrimination lawsuit to me.

 

[Serious]

Never seen a blatant denial like this

 

[ORDER_66]

white companies discriminate against people with ghetto names... news at ten...

 

[Deflatedhoopdreams]

Bold move by the "great employee"

 

[blockburna420]

Hermeisha ... Her mama ain't shyt.

 

[Buckeye Fever]

Hermeisha ... Her mama ain't shyt.

That is one of the absolute WORST names I've heard


Doesn't condone discrimination, but damn

 

[Htrb-nvr-blk-&-ug-as-evr]

Crackers gon cracker, but some of y’all won’t get hip the game. Meanwhile, Indian customer service folk changing their names to Chet, Chad, and Crystal...

Edit: Hermisha

 

[Secure Da Bag]

Hermeisha ... Her mama ain't shyt.

Crackers gon cracker, but some of y’all won’t get hip the game. Meanwhile, Indian customer service folk changing their names to Chet, Chad, and Crystal...

Edit: Hermisha

That has to be a hispanic name. So someone trying to make up a hispanic. Her name has to be pronounced **with hispanic accent** Airmisha.

 

[CreepyMcCreeperson]

Then when we don't work, they have the audacity to call us lazy

 

[Balla]

nikkas be like "hello, this is John Smith"

Crackers gon cracker, but some of y’all won’t get hip the game. Meanwhile, Indian customer service folk changing their names to Chet, Chad, and Crystal...

Edit: Hermisha